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<h2>Privacy Policy</h2>

<p>Your privacy is critically important to us. Humanitarian FOSS Project: Collabbit ("Collabbit")'s policy is to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our website.</p>

<h3>Website Visitors</h3>
<p>Like most website operators, Collabbit collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Collabbit's purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Collabbit's visitors use its website. From time to time, Collabbit may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website. Collabbit also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. Collabbit does not use such information to identify its visitors, however, and does not disclose such information, other than under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information, as described below.</p>

<h3>Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information</h3>
<p>Certain visitors to Collabbit's websites choose to interact with Collabbit in ways that require Collabbit to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Collabbit gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up for an account at http://www.collabbit.org/ to provide a username and email address. Those who engage in transactions with Collabbit are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, Collabbit collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor's interaction with Collabbit. Collabbit does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.</p>

<h3>Aggregated Statistics</h3>
<p>Collabbit may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. For instance, Collabbit may monitor the number of users on the collabbit.org site. Collabbit may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, Collabbit does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.</p>

<h3>Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information</h3>
<p>Collabbit discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on Collabbit's behalf or to provide services available at Collabbit's websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using Collabbit's websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. Collabbit will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, Collabbit discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only when required to do so by law, or when Collabbit believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Collabbit, third parties or the public at large.</p>
 
<p>If you send us a request (for example via a support email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. Collabbit takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.</p>

<h3>Cookies</h3>
<p>A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor's computer, and that the visitor's browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Collabbit uses cookies to help Collabbit identify and track visitors, their usage of Collabbit website, and their website access preferences. Collabbit visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Collabbit's websites, with the drawback that certain features of Collabbit's websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.</p>

<h3>Ads</h3>
<p>Collabbit does not have any Ads.</p>

<h3>Privacy Policy Changes</h3>
<p>Although most changes are likely to be minor, Collabbit may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Collabbit's sole discretion. Collabbit encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.</p>